Sunset Jetty Rooms18+
Welcome to Esperance

Sunset Jetty — Best Restaurant with a Casino Hall

We opened Sunset Jetty Rooms on Dempster Street to give this port a proper table for supper and a proper room for cards, each run on its own footing. Guests are seated for dinner from half past five, and the hall opens for five hundred, euchre and rummy once the last plates are cleared, chips kept purely for the count. Nothing here is played online, no gaming machines stand in the building, and no wagering changes hands — everything is settled in person, at this address. We ask that a table for dinner and a place at the cards be booked as two separate reservations.

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The card hall at Sunset Jetty Rooms, five tables set under tall windows.
Our Beginning

Come In From the Wind

“Mind the door, the wind gets in” is the first thing most regulars hear at Sunset Jetty Rooms, and it has been said at this door since the rooms opened above the old grain agency on Dempster Street.

Esperance built itself on wheat and rock lobster, and the port still sets the rhythm of the town; we keep the same rhythm indoors, supper first, then cards.

We ask every guest for the same thing: patience with the wind, patience with the cards, and proof of being eighteen or over at the door.

Tea and a small jug of milk set on the hall's side table.
Supper First

Set the Table Before the Cards

Supper is served from half past five, a short list drawn from what comes off the boats and out of the wheatbelt around Esperance.

Nothing is battered or heavy; the kitchen keeps the plates simple enough to clear before the hall opens.

The dining room and the card hall are booked separately, and the kitchen closes well before the last hand is dealt.

A short stack of hall chips beside a dealer's hand.
Western Rock Lobster
Simply grilled, with lemon and buttered greens.
Marron
Pan-seared local marron with herb butter.
Wattleseed Damper
Warm, with honey from the wheatbelt.
Find the Rooms

Esperance

Address
74 Dempster Street, Esperance, WA 6450
Telephone & Email
+61 8 9071 3528 · table@sunsetjetty.com
Hours
The dining room and hall are open Wednesday to Sunday, half past five until half past midnight. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Through the Hall

Casino Hall: Five Tables Facing the Harbour Side

Five tables sit under the hall's high windows, each with its own dealer once the room fills after supper.

Five hundred opens the evening, euchre and rummy follow, canasta and bridge run in the quieter corners, and friendly poker with no buy-in closes most nights.

No machine stands anywhere in this building; every game here is dealt by hand, on felt, by a person.

The upstairs lounge at Sunset Jetty Rooms, chairs turned away from the tables.
The Dealers
Trained on every game the hall offers, rotating tables through the night.
The Felt
Refitted each year, kept flat and true for a fair deal.
The Chips
Worth nothing beyond the count; none of them leave the building.
Through the Year

How the Rooms Change With the Season

SummerPort traffic keeps Dempster Street livelyLonger evenings, tables running to half past midnight
AutumnQuieter once the grain ships clearCribbage and bridge take the front tables
WinterDoors close a little earlier when the wind is upFive hundred runs every night without exception
SpringRock lobster season brings a fuller roomFriendly poker returns most weekends
House Terms

Keep These in Mind

  1. We ask every guest to be eighteen or over, without exception, and to carry proof if there is any doubt at the door on arrival.
  2. Chips issued in the hall exist only to keep the count of a game; they carry no cash value and are never exchanged for money at any table.
  3. Everything at Sunset Jetty Rooms happens in person at this address on Dempster Street; there is no online table, no app and no way to play from outside the building.
  4. A table for dinner and a place at the cards are two separate bookings, and we would rather guests ask for both than assume one covers the other.
Life at the Rooms

How the House Runs

What time does the hall open for cards?

The dining room opens at half past five and the card hall follows once supper is cleared, usually by seven.

Who deals the games at Sunset Jetty Rooms?

A house dealer runs every table, rotating through the hall as the evening goes on.

How late does the hall stay open?

Most nights run to half past midnight; Wednesdays tend to close a little earlier.

Is the hall quiet or busy on a typical night?

It builds through the evening, quietest at seven and fullest around nine or ten.

Do the same regulars come back each week?

Many do; the front desk still keeps a card index of familiar faces and their usual table.

Does the hall close on public holidays?

Only on Christmas Day; every other evening runs to the usual hours.

Behind the Scenes

Look Inside Sunset Jetty Rooms

The card hall at Sunset Jetty Rooms, five tables set under tall windows.
A dealer laying out a hand of five hundred on green felt.
A card table at Sunset Jetty Rooms, chips arranged along the rail.
Tea and a small jug of milk set on the hall's side table.
The Dempster Street frontage of Sunset Jetty Rooms in the evening light.
A second view of the hall, lamps lit along the far wall.
From the Booking Ledger

Four Notes Kept at the Front Desk

ArrivalsDinner seatings run from half past five, cards from seven.
AttireSmart casual suits both the dining room and the hall.
AgeEighteen and over, checked at the door without exception.
ChipsIssued for the count only; they carry no cash value.

Long before online forms, the front desk kept a card index of regulars and their preferences. The habit remains, even if the cards are digital now.

Before You Call

Book Supper or a Seat at the Cards

We take bookings for the dining room and the card hall separately, by telephone, so please say which one — or both — you would like when you call Sunset Jetty Rooms.

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